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Debt and Credit Facilities | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt and Credit Facilities | Debt and Credit Facilities Long-Term Debt Financing Transactions The following long-term debt transaction occurred in the six months ended June 30, 2017: PSEG
• | entered into an agreement for a new term loan maturing June 2019. The term loan has a balance of $700 million at an interest rate of 1 month LIBOR + 0.80% and can be terminated at any time without penalty.
PSE&G
• | issued $425 million of 3.00% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series L due May 2027.
Short-Term Liquidity PSEG meets its short-term liquidity requirements, as well as those of Power, primarily with cash and through the issuance of commercial paper. PSE&G maintains its own separate commercial paper program to meet its short-term liquidity requirements. Each commercial paper program is fully back-stopped by its own separate credit facilities. In March 2017, PSEG, Power and PSE&G amended their credit agreements, extending the expiration dates to March 2022. Concurrently, PSEG increased its existing $1 billion in credit facilities to $1.5 billion and Power decreased its existing $2.6 billion in credit facilities to $2.1 billion, which includes two new 3-year $100 million letter of credit facilities that expire in March 2020. The commitments under the $4.2 billion credit facilities are provided by a diverse bank group. As of June 30, 2017, the total available credit capacity was $4.0 billion. As of June 30, 2017, no single institution represented more than 8% of the total commitments in the credit facilities. As of June 30, 2017, total credit capacity was in excess of the total anticipated maximum liquidity requirements of PSEG, PSE&G and Power. Each of the credit facilities is restricted as to availability and use to the specific companies as listed in the following table; however, if necessary, the PSEG facilities can also be used to support its subsidiaries’ liquidity needs. The total credit facilities and available liquidity as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:
|  |  | As of June 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |
| Company/Facility |  | Total Facility |  | Usage |  | Available Liquidity |  | Expiration Date |  | Primary Purpose |
|  |  | Millions |  |  |  |  |
| PSEG |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5-year Credit Facilities (A) |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,487 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total PSEG |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,487 |  |  |  |  |  |
| PSE&G |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5-year Credit Facility (A) |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 585 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total PSE&G |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 585 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Power |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3-year LC Facilities |  | $ | 200 |  |  | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | Mar 2020 |  | Letters of Credit |
| 5-year Credit Facilities |  | 1,900 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 1,850 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total Power |  | $ | 2,100 |  |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | 1,910 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total |  | $ | 4,200 |  |  | $ | 218 |  |  | $ | 3,982 |  |  |  |  |  |
(A) | The primary use of PSEG’s and PSE&G’s credit facilities is to support their respective Commercial Paper Programs, under which as of June 30, 2017, neither PSEG nor PSE&G had amounts outstanding.
PSE And G [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt and Credit Facilities | Debt and Credit Facilities Long-Term Debt Financing Transactions The following long-term debt transaction occurred in the six months ended June 30, 2017: PSEG
• | entered into an agreement for a new term loan maturing June 2019. The term loan has a balance of $700 million at an interest rate of 1 month LIBOR + 0.80% and can be terminated at any time without penalty.
PSE&G
• | issued $425 million of 3.00% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series L due May 2027.
Short-Term Liquidity PSEG meets its short-term liquidity requirements, as well as those of Power, primarily with cash and through the issuance of commercial paper. PSE&G maintains its own separate commercial paper program to meet its short-term liquidity requirements. Each commercial paper program is fully back-stopped by its own separate credit facilities. In March 2017, PSEG, Power and PSE&G amended their credit agreements, extending the expiration dates to March 2022. Concurrently, PSEG increased its existing $1 billion in credit facilities to $1.5 billion and Power decreased its existing $2.6 billion in credit facilities to $2.1 billion, which includes two new 3-year $100 million letter of credit facilities that expire in March 2020. The commitments under the $4.2 billion credit facilities are provided by a diverse bank group. As of June 30, 2017, the total available credit capacity was $4.0 billion. As of June 30, 2017, no single institution represented more than 8% of the total commitments in the credit facilities. As of June 30, 2017, total credit capacity was in excess of the total anticipated maximum liquidity requirements of PSEG, PSE&G and Power. Each of the credit facilities is restricted as to availability and use to the specific companies as listed in the following table; however, if necessary, the PSEG facilities can also be used to support its subsidiaries’ liquidity needs. The total credit facilities and available liquidity as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:
|  |  | As of June 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |
| Company/Facility |  | Total Facility |  | Usage |  | Available Liquidity |  | Expiration Date |  | Primary Purpose |
|  |  | Millions |  |  |  |  |
| PSEG |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5-year Credit Facilities (A) |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,487 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total PSEG |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,487 |  |  |  |  |  |
| PSE&G |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5-year Credit Facility (A) |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 585 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total PSE&G |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 585 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Power |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3-year LC Facilities |  | $ | 200 |  |  | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | Mar 2020 |  | Letters of Credit |
| 5-year Credit Facilities |  | 1,900 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 1,850 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total Power |  | $ | 2,100 |  |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | 1,910 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total |  | $ | 4,200 |  |  | $ | 218 |  |  | $ | 3,982 |  |  |  |  |  |
(A) | The primary use of PSEG’s and PSE&G’s credit facilities is to support their respective Commercial Paper Programs, under which as of June 30, 2017, neither PSEG nor PSE&G had amounts outstanding.
Power [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt and Credit Facilities | Debt and Credit Facilities Long-Term Debt Financing Transactions The following long-term debt transaction occurred in the six months ended June 30, 2017: PSEG
• | entered into an agreement for a new term loan maturing June 2019. The term loan has a balance of $700 million at an interest rate of 1 month LIBOR + 0.80% and can be terminated at any time without penalty.
PSE&G
• | issued $425 million of 3.00% Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series L due May 2027.
Short-Term Liquidity PSEG meets its short-term liquidity requirements, as well as those of Power, primarily with cash and through the issuance of commercial paper. PSE&G maintains its own separate commercial paper program to meet its short-term liquidity requirements. Each commercial paper program is fully back-stopped by its own separate credit facilities. In March 2017, PSEG, Power and PSE&G amended their credit agreements, extending the expiration dates to March 2022. Concurrently, PSEG increased its existing $1 billion in credit facilities to $1.5 billion and Power decreased its existing $2.6 billion in credit facilities to $2.1 billion, which includes two new 3-year $100 million letter of credit facilities that expire in March 2020. The commitments under the $4.2 billion credit facilities are provided by a diverse bank group. As of June 30, 2017, the total available credit capacity was $4.0 billion. As of June 30, 2017, no single institution represented more than 8% of the total commitments in the credit facilities. As of June 30, 2017, total credit capacity was in excess of the total anticipated maximum liquidity requirements of PSEG, PSE&G and Power. Each of the credit facilities is restricted as to availability and use to the specific companies as listed in the following table; however, if necessary, the PSEG facilities can also be used to support its subsidiaries’ liquidity needs. The total credit facilities and available liquidity as of June 30, 2017 were as follows:
|  |  | As of June 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |
| Company/Facility |  | Total Facility |  | Usage |  | Available Liquidity |  | Expiration Date |  | Primary Purpose |
|  |  | Millions |  |  |  |  |
| PSEG |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5-year Credit Facilities (A) |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,487 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total PSEG |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,487 |  |  |  |  |  |
| PSE&G |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5-year Credit Facility (A) |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 585 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Commercial Paper Support/Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total PSE&G |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 585 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Power |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3-year LC Facilities |  | $ | 200 |  |  | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | Mar 2020 |  | Letters of Credit |
| 5-year Credit Facilities |  | 1,900 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 1,850 |  |  | Mar 2022 |  | Funding/Letters of Credit |
| Total Power |  | $ | 2,100 |  |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | 1,910 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total |  | $ | 4,200 |  |  | $ | 218 |  |  | $ | 3,982 |  |  |  |  |  |
(A) | The primary use of PSEG’s and PSE&G’s credit facilities is to support their respective Commercial Paper Programs, under which as of June 30, 2017, neither PSEG nor PSE&G had amounts outstanding.

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